ROTARYFEST has announced the winners of this year’s festival. For more information, read the news release below: With three days of free entertainment, delicious food, family fun and beautiful weather, everyone was a winner at this year’s ROTARYFEST, The Sault’s Summer Festival! Some of the attendees were additional winners… Kevin Orcle won the $500 People’s Choice Award at the Wheels on the Water Car Show held at The Machine Shop in his ’34 Ford Coup Legend. Silver Bullet BBQ won Best Ribs and Best Chicken, as determined by a panel of nine judges. Billy Bones BBQ won the People’s Choice Award, which was determined by votes from attendees over the course of three days. This year’s Rotary Community Day Parade is presented by the Brookfield category winner, selected by volunteer judges from the Kiwanis Club of Sault Ste. Maria, it was:
Best Overall: Freedom Sisters presents Freedom Sisters’ Greater Best Corporate Participation: OLG Presents Back to the ’70s! Better Community Engagement: THRIVE Child Development Center presents A Sweet Song of The Past Best Kinetic: Algoma Steel Inc. presents Electric Avenue Best Subject: Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre
In the Soo Mill Mini Putt for Prizes, Ben Oliver won the 13 and over division and received a $100 Soo Mill gift card and runner-up Adrian O’Dell won a fire pit. In the 12 and under division, Gianluca Gioia received a $75 Soo Mill gift card and runner-up Owen Hore received a $50 Soo Mill gift card.
The ROTARYFEST Take Your Pick Draw winners were drawn on Saturday night and are as follows:
$1,000 Soo Mill – #07691 Eunice and Murray Patterson $4,000 Soo Mill – #06280 Donna Olar $10,000 Soo Mill – #00144 Trevor Alton Grand Prize Winner – #03185 Daniela Zagordo
The Rotary Club of Sault Ste. Marie would like to thank the countless volunteers, sponsors, festival members, vendors, staff, musicians, city departments, Rotarians (and friends and family) and local businesses who made this year’s festival a huge success. Finally, I thank the people of Sault Ste. Marie who attended ROTARYFEST or supported it in other ways – you make the good works of the club possible in our community!
